(Oh Aestus is 100% gonna steal that, with great apprehension considering how badly he reacted when Eli called Cal that)

Cal stuck his tongue out at Eli, stifling a laugh hearing her mumbling "those are feathers" he whispered to her

Meanwhile Aestus was stuck in nearly the most awkward situation he has ever been in "by the elements this is almost as bad as trying to talk with Artius" he whispered to himself

Caligo didn’t need much more prompting, picking himself up, before gently guiding a still shocked sun to sit with hol and trying to soothe down all those pooffed up feathers.

The longer the silence stretched on the more unease the two gods seemed, Caligo struggling to stay in place and Aestus trying to resit the urge to wrap his wing around himself…it’s not working.

Oh good character development I guess!

"I-I don’t you! It’s just freaky!" Aestus suddenly covered Caligo’s ears "death. Death freak us out, and it look far too much like a ghost."

Caligo gasped "they are your family?! Oh! Aw man…you missed Aestus being a fluffy ball!" Aestus’s face turned gold "I wasn’t a ball…or that fluffy!" Caligo clearly disagreed with that"Nah huh, you were like, 90 percent floof, it was so cute" Aestus looked like he wanted to fly into the sun and never come back down "can we not talk about this please?" Aestus pleaded, Caligo thankfully, changed the subject "oh yeah! Are you coming with us to see Praxis?" He asked Agni.

"So-ow" Aestus hit his head on the ceiling, having misjudged how low it was, "sorry, getting Cal dressed is always a struggle" the grid finally said, rubbing his head where he hit it. Caligo walked past Aestus "you try getting dresssed while your body is fighting you!" He paused seeing Agni "who this?" He asked Eli, unable to remember who this might be or why he seemed familiar

Caligo groans, all his joints hurt and he doesn’t feel like moving, Aestus had to be the one to pick him up and put him back on the bed, along with all his braces
"Can’t you help me?" The moon pleaded "you can do it yourself, I ah e to get ready too you know" Aestus doesn’t feel like he can handle seeing Cal’s body again, considering all the confusing feelings he is having at the moment…he feel a little bad for that but he seem to be able to do it on his own still so it’s probably fine.

Once he had some pants on at the very least, Aestus opened the door "we’ll come down in a few minutes" Caligo can be seen behind him fighting to get his shirt on "once Cal figure out how shirts work" he was only half joking, he then closed the door to finish getting dressed

Caligo woke up the next day with a face full of feathers, except Aestus was long longer small, did the god always had feathers on his chest? Caligo is certainly not gonna complain. Alas all good thing must come to an end and the other god also woke up.
"What year is this?"the sun asked, still half asleep "I don’t think we ever asked." The moon replied, muffled by very very soft feathers.
They stayed for a moment longer before Aestus remembered where they were and moved to get up, only to pause as his eyes landed on Caligo.

He already his fellow god had white freckles all over, and that his skin had two different colours, scattered in patches all over, but actually seeing it? It was something completely different, he could only describe it as, beautiful.

They stayed like that for a while longer, Caligo either not knowing or not caring that Aestus was staring at him.

Caligo waited patiently until the footsteps where far away before stripping and getting his braces off before collapsing on the bed
"Uuuuuugh I am never keeping my braces on so long ever again I swear" he say, knowing he will probably forget to take them off  again sometime in the future and regret it all over again. The fact he had them the whole time they were asleep for the journey doesn’t help either, better than knowing someone took them off for him while he was unconscious at least…

Aestus gently rubbed his talons against his shoulder, being careful of his claws, trying his best to get rid of the mark left there despite his current form. "Thanks sunny you’re the best." Was said while a bit muffled by the bed.


(Aestus is very much still smol lmao)

"I like it! Plus we can just make our own decoration if we want so don’t worry" as Caligo said that, Aestus had gotten onto the bed, and decided to created a few more pillows, they seem to glow slightly from the magic, if touched, they would feel warm.
"Aw thanks sunny. See? Nothing to worry about!"

Woooo they look awesome

Realised I am missing very important details so have it again but better


(Plus cropped the edges so they are front and centre)

Cal nodded and followed their host, Aestus secured in his arm…purring softly?

"Ah cultural differences…we’ll get used to it eventually." Caligo thought for a moment "any chance on having extra pillows for our room?"